A Brazil-based agricultural technology company has signed an exclusive agreement with a UK-based project developer to advance enhanced rock weathering (ERW) projects in the South American country, aiming to generate carbon removal (CDR) credits, they announced Monday.

The Amazonian state of Para submitted new documents to ART TREES, taking a further step towards its planned issuance of the first 38 million carbon credits under its jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programme.

More than 35 governments and philanthropies pledged on Monday to support Indigenous, local, and Afro-descendant communities in reversing forest and biodiversity loss and land degradation through a $1.8 billion fund over the next five years.

Using hemp as a biochar feedstock could remove 10 billion tonnes of CO2 per year by 2035 at low costs without requiring extensive land use or major investments, according to a new study.

The latest text on closing the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), being negotiated at COP30, still lacks a sum of funds to transfer from the Kyoto Protocol-era system, in order to ease an urgent finance shortage in Article 6 markets.

A total of 11 governments now endorse recently released shared principles that are designed to help scale responsible use of carbon credits to meet global climate goals.

A Swiss climate consultancy and carbon investor on Monday signed a letter of intent (LoI) for a credit offtake agreement with an Indonesian project developer at the COP30 climate summit in Belem.

Scientists are sending up flares that carbon removals (CDR) do not deliver equal-and-opposite climate effects when matched tonne-for-tonne with CO2 emissions, highlighting how carbon cycle asymmetry complicates net zero accounting in a recent webinar on the climate impacts of CDR.

The UK government has announced a further £16.9 million ($22.2 mln) in long-term finance for the FAO-run Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme, lifting its total contribution to £48.4 mln and reinforcing its support for digital forest-monitoring systems.

Integrity continued to drive prices last week, after the pre-COP30 tide that had lifted the market ebbed away, and the forestry sector was left battling again to be included in Article 6.4.

Ghana has proposed a new revenue-sharing framework to channel 5% of proceeds from Article 6 transactions into climate action, green industry support, and government administration, according to a senior environment official.

The European Commission has published a draft regulation setting annual limits for net greenhouse gas (GHG) removals by EU member states until 2029, putting national governments under pressure to meet their targets under the bloc’s land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) regulation.

Companies and financial institutions are unwittingly exposed to at least $279 billion of financial risk due to the continued destruction of the world’s forests, according to a report published by an environmental disclosure non-profit on Monday.

A group of countries, civil society representatives, and the private sector launched a new coalition to support jurisdictional REDD+ (J-REDD+) programmes gain scale at COP30 on Monday.

The potential supply of credits available to buyers in Russia's carbon market should reach 100 million tonnes, according to the CEO of the country's registry operator, speaking at a side event in Belem.

Indonesia on Monday launched its blue carbon action guide and roadmap to support the government integrating blue carbon ecosystems, such as seagrass and salt marsh, into later Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

A coalition of companies involved in palm oil, cocoa, rubber, coffee, and wood urged EU policymakers to resist calls to delay the bloc’s anti-deforestation law and instead introduce it with a grace period at the end of the year.

Dozens of Japanese companies have endorsed a government-led initiative to support the overseas deployment of Japan’s emission reduction technologies for the agricultural sector while utilising the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).

A major European bank has unveiled a significant expansion of its sustainability strategy, committing to facilitate a cumulative €900 billion in transition finance by the end of 2030 as part of a new plan published Monday.

An initiative that seeks to permanently conserve land at scale across four countries by raising $375 million has been announced, backed by organisations including the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have released a 'playbook' aimed at mobilising large-scale private investment into ecosystem protection, setting out a model to treat natural systems as infrastructure assets while using biodiversity credits.

Rice methane reduction in Argentina – US carbon solutions provider AgriCapture has partnered with Latin America-based sustainability firm Upchar to expand its rice methane reduction project to Argentina, joining a network of regional partners supporting sustainable rice production across Latin America. The project, which already includes Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay, implements Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), reducing methane emissions by up to 70% and conserving 300,000 gallons of water per carbon credit generated. Through this partnership, farmers gain access to global carbon markets and financial incentives for adopting regenerative practices, AgriCapture said in a press release.

Soil organic carbon verification – Bureau Veritas has independently reviewed Canadian agtech ChrysaLabs’ approach to soil organic carbon (SOC) measurement, confirming its compliance with VM0042 v2.1 for Improved Agricultural Land Management, including technology-based SOC methods. This marks the first third-party validation of the scientific accuracy and repeatability of proximal sensing soil carbon measurement in the field, ChrysaLabs said on its website. As a result, project developers can confidently incorporate ChrysaLabs’ data into VM0042-aligned carbon projects.

Things are hotting up at the summit as ministers now arrive to push forward on key talks, which come after a rumoured 40,000+ people took to the streets on Saturday to march for climate justice.

Nepal forest pay – Nepal has received $9.4 mln from the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) after reducing around 1.88 MtCO2e in its Terai Arc Landscape REDD+ programme, marking the country’s first payment under its Emission Reductions Payment Agreement. The World Bank said the funds will be distributed through Nepal’s benefit sharing plan, developed with local communities and Indigenous Peoples.

A new Article 6 text concerning the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) would see countries back decisions on permanence, baselines, and additionality made by technical experts earlier this year.

A new analysis released Monday warned that the Congo Basin rainforest has reached a critical moment, with researchers calling for a major scale-up of international public and private finance to secure the region’s carbon stores.